Jimi Hendrix Guitars List - 20 Favorite Guitars
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Jimi Hendrix was a raw talent and his gear only helped him reveal his superb guitar skills. Check out the list of 20 Jimi Hendrix favorite guitars!
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Gibson 1955 Les Paul Custom Exclusive Electric Guitar
From a Gibson article "Hendrix's Gibson Guitars" written by Daniel Eriksson in June 2014:"Jimi Hendrix did own a 1955 Les Paul Custom that he would flip over and play lefty. From what I’ve been able to gather it appears as if Hendrix himself only used the Les Paul Custom briefly during a few months in 1968. It seems as if Jimi was trying out the guitar as a replacement for the Flying V. But after having gone back to the Flying V for a while, Hendrix moved on to the SG Custom. During his famous Woodstock performance you can see the LP Custom being played by Jimi’s old pal Larry Lee. The guitar is equipped with a Bigsby and 2 P-90 pickups, and it’s currently owned by the EMP Museum in Seattle."
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Fender Mustang
According to a Bonhams auction listing, Jimi Hendrix played a Fender Mustang electric guitar, in a Daytona Red finish.John Mitch Mitchell, formerly the drummer with Jimi Hendrix Experience, said that this guitar "was used by Jimi Hendrix at the Olympic Studio, London for the recording of "Alxis Bold as Love" and "Electric Lady Land" and was used by him on these two album."The auction continues to say that this Fender Mustang was "..part of the L series, which were among the last Fenders made before the company was taken over by CBS..."
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Fender Jazzmaster
Jimi's main guitar for his gigs in Little Richard's backing band. Also used on at least one other occasion for his solo/Experience career. The accompanying picture was taken at the Symphony Hall in Newark, New Jersey on the 5th of April 1968
Jimi Hendrix's 1967 Gibson SG Custom
White Gibson SG was played by Jimmy Hendrix in his appearance on The Dick Cavett show in 1969.
Jimi Hendrix's 1960s Zemaitis 12-string Acoustic
Although there isn't much to be found about this guitar, it did clearly belong to Jimi Hendrix. It can be seen in his famous '12-string blues' intro to 'a film about Jimi Hendrix', made 3 years after his dead.
Fender Jaguar
There are couple of photos dating circa 1964 of Jimi playing what’s either a dark blue, or a black-colored Fender Jaguar with dot inlays.Tappy Wright who was Hendrix’s roadie at the time owned another Fender Jaguar which supposedly belonged to Jimi, and was given to him by Brian Jones of the Rollings Stones. This is almost certainly not the same guitar, as this one has square inlays according to the photos from the auction.
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Joe Maphis Model Double-Neck 6/12 String Guitars
This guitar was shown at the EMP museum during a special Hendrix event. Jimi supposedly got it at Manny’s Music shop in New York, which he used to visit frequently. It is finished in white, but the color had slowly transformed to cream due to aging process.Jimi supposedly used this guitar for the recording of “Spanish Castle Magic” in late 1967.
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Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite Guitar Clear 1969
You can see Hendrix, along with Keith Richards, playing the guitar.
Black Widow
Name spider got after Hendrix. Hendrix played on this guitar's prototype.
1965 Gretsch Corvette Electric Guitar Cherry Finish
Hendrix was seen with Gretsch Corvette. The person on the left is Curtis Knight, which might indicate that this guitar was used for 1967 jam session with him.
1969 Gibson Flying V
Custom built by Gibson specially for Jimi in 1969. All hardware is gold plated, and the guitar was left-handed and equipped with a tremolo bridge. Jimi played it during the Isle of Wright concert on “Red House”.
Gibson Les Paul Custom 1953 - 1957
There was another Les Paul that Jimi played during a performance at Bill Graham’s infamous Fillmore East Theater in New York on Friday, May 10. 1968. This guitar is now located at Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago.
Gibson ES-345 - Vintage Burst
Probably ’60s Gibson ES-345 with Bigsby Vibrato.
Fender Bronco
Used by Jimi for one night in the late 60s,it was given to Brian Levine.
Höfner Club 50
In this image you can see Jimi Hendrix playing a Höfner Club 50.
Rickenbacker 360/12
Hendrix is seen here taking a picture with The Who and is holding a Rickenbacker 360/12 in MapleGlo
Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster® | Electric Guitars
Jimi Hendrix used this guitar at the Miami Pop Festival in 1968. It was burned on stage. Later, the guitar was given to Frank Zappa, who repaired the guitar. The guitar was used on stage multiple times. Dweezil Zappa, son of Frank, now owns it.
Danelectro Shorthorn
In his earliest days, Hendrix played a Danelectro Shorthorn. Popularly named "Betty Jean," there have been some discussions whether this was a U-1 or 3012 model. But thanks to the color, it has been confirmed that this was actually a 3012 produced either in 1958 or 1959. This was reportedly his second electric guitar. It featured only one single-coil pickup.
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Fender Jazzmaster
Before becoming a full-time Strat guy, Hendrix often played a Fender Jazzmaster guitar, which was kind of an unusual sight for a blues guy at the time. But nonetheless, Jimi rocked quite a few of these guitars back in the day. Of course, since he was a left-hand player, these were all right-handed guitars flipped upside down and restrung.
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